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Antony Gormley's Quantum Cloud was commissioned for a site next to the Millennium Dome in London. At 30 m high, it is Gormley's tallest sculpture to date. It is constructed from a collection of tetrahedral units made from 1.5m long sections of steel. The steel section were arranged using a computer model using a random walk algorithm starting from points on the surface of an enlarged figure based on Gormley's body that forms a residual outline at the centre of the sculpture.
Resources in Probability
Handbook of Probability: Theory and Applications by ISBN: 9781412927147Publication Date: 2008-02-21Providing cutting-edge perspectives and real-world insights into the greater utility of probability and its applications, the Handbook of Probability offers an equal balance of theory and direct applications in a non-technical, yet comprehensive, format.
Probabilistic Reliability Models by ISBN: 9781118341834Publication Date: 2012-10-09This book showcases the use of probability theory and mathematical statistics to solve common, real-world reliability problems. Numerical examples and detailed explanations accompany each topic, and exercises throughout allow readers to test their comprehension of the presented material.
Probability Concepts and Theory for Engineers by ISBN: 9780470748558Publication Date: 2011-02-21A thorough introduction to the fundamentals of probability theory, this book gives the reader a solid foundation for formulating and solving many kinds of probability problems.
- Data Analysis, Statistics, and ProbabilityAnnenberg Media
- Introduction to Probabilitypdf file -- Dartmouth University
- Basic Probability Theory Online BookFrom the University of Illinois. Includes problems and solutions.
- Calculus Applied to Probability and StatisticsHofstra University.
- Introduction to Probabilitypdf file -- Dartmouth University
- Probability by SupriseStanford.
- Probability ProblemsCut the Knot.
- Probability Theory UnitFrom Math Goodies.
- Probability TutorialsAndrew Valiant, Credit Suisse in London.
- Virtual Laboratories in Probability & StatisticsUniversity of Alabama, Huntsville.
- Learning Math: Data Analysis, Statistics and ProbabilityAnnenberg Foundation
Resources in Statistics
- Dealing with statistics: what you need to knowReva Berman Brown and Mark Saunders. Maidenhead : McGraw Hill, Open University Press, 2008.
- Encyclopedia of statisticsGerald Diaz. Delhi : Global Media, 2007.
- Everyday probability and statistics: health, elections, gambling and warMichael M. Woolfson. London: Imperial College Press, 2008.
- Numbers rule your world: the hidden influence of probability and statistics on everything you doKaiser Fung. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010.
- Probability and statisticsMurray R. Spiegel, John J. Schiller, R. Alu Srinivasan. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.
- Statistics for dummiesDeborah Rumsey. Indianapolis, I.N. : Wiley, c2011
- Statistics for the utterly confusedLloyd R. Jaisingh. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006.
- Using statistics: a gentle introductionGordon Rugg. New York : McGraw Hill/Open University Press, 2007.
- Data Analysis, Statistics, and ProbabilityAnnenberg Media
- Introduction to Statisticspdf file -- Keith Calkins, Andrews University
- Analyze StatisticsDigital Research Tools.
- Calculus Applied to Probability and StatisticsHofstra University.
- CAUSEweb ResourcesAmerican Statistical Association.
- Data and Story Library (DASL)Carnegie Mellon University.
- HyperStatRice University.
- Interactive Statistical Calculation PagesGeorgetown University.
- Introduction to StatisticsAndrews University.
- StatPrimerSan Jose State University.
- Virtual Laboratories in Probability & StatisticsUniversity of Alabama, Huntsville.
- Web Interface for Statistics Education (WISE)Claremont Graduate University.
- APUS/West Virginia Math Video Initiative: StatisticsThis project is a partnership between American Public University System and the state of West Virginia. Our goal is to provide students with pedagogically sound math concepts to reinforce and augment classroom instruction using a video medium.
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Probability and Statistics Blogs
- Probability and Statistics BlogStatisticsBlog.com is run by Matt Asher, a graduate of the University of Toronto’s statistics program.
- Eventually Almost Everywhere: A Blog About Probability by Dominic YeoFrom a DPhil student in the Department of Statistics at Oxford University.
- I’m a Bandit: Random Topics on Optimization, Probability, and StatisticsBy Sébastien Bubeck, assistant professor at Princeton University.